Roja Malare

Roja Malare is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by T. M. Jayamurugan. The film stars Murali, Reeva, Arun Pandian and Anand Babu. It was released on 5 December 1997.^[1]

Roja Malare
Directed by	T. M. Jayamurugan
Written by	T. M. Jayamurugan
Produced by	Nirmaladevi Jayamurugan
Starring	Murali Reeva Arun Pandian Anand Babu Senthil Madhan Bob
Cinematography	A. Venkatesh
Edited by	L. Kesevan
Music by	Adithyan
Production company	Kamalam Movies
Release date	5 December 1997 (1997-12-05)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Kannan is a singer in a musical ensemble with his friends. Kannan falls in love with, a college student, Malarvizhi but he cannot express his love. Malarvizhi gets engaged with Arun, a strict businessman. Will Malarvizhi accept Kannan's love forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Murali as Kannan
• Reeva as Malarvizhi
• Arun Pandian as Arun
• Anand Babu as Anbu
• Senthil as Babu
• Madhan Bob
• Sathyapriya as Lakshmi
• Kottai Perumal
• Shobaraj
• T. M. Jayamurugan

Production

Songs from the film were shot at St. Mary's Islands.^[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Adithyan, with lyrics written by T. M. Jayamurugan.^[3] The song "Azhagoviyam" attained popularity.^[4]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Lyrics
"Anandam Vandadhadi"	Mano	4:41
"Azhagoviam (Lovely Lisa Monalisa)"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:49	T. M. Jayamurugan
"Bombay Reeva"	Mano	5:07
"Kettavaram"	Mano	4:16
"Poopupuva"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6:15
"Rojamalarin"	Jeemon KJ	4:56
"Udhayathu"	Jayachandran	5:27

Reception

A writer for Indolink wrote, "The fact that all these stars [Murali, Arunpandian, Anandbabu and Reeva] packed up to picturize the songs in St. Mary's Island seems to be the sole asset to this film".^[2] Two years after release, the producers were given a ₹5 lakh subsidy by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films.^[5]